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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



MARCH 29, 1900. 



CHICAGO. 



The MarkeU 



The supply of roses has considerably 

 increased and only superior s^hipping 

 stock will bring quotations, the re- 

 mainder going to the fakir, and the 

 weather has of late been rather un- 

 favorable for the operations- of the 

 street men. However, there is a splen- 

 did shipping demand for the season. 

 Prices range from |4 to $S. 



Of white carnations there are not 

 nearly enough to meet demands, 

 and prices are very Hrm. Good grades 

 of colored sorts are also moving well, 

 but at figures a shade lower than the 

 whites. Fancy. $.3 to $4, with an occa- 

 sional sale at $5. Good commons, $1.50 

 to $2.50. Poor grade colored go to the 

 fakirs, but at very fair prices, con- 

 sidering quality. 



Lilies are moving very freely, possi- 

 bly partly due to the shortage of white 

 carnations, and general bulb stuff is 

 going better. 



Violets are still in the dumps and 

 most sales have to be forced. For- 

 merly, when the thermometer was 

 above 32 degrees violets could always 

 be moved to advantage at this season. 

 Nevertheless the violet grower has 

 made a better average than ever dur- 

 ing the season. 



The dark sorts, such as Farquhai 

 and Marie Louise, bring a third more 

 in price than the lighter ones, such as 

 Campbell, all through the season. Still 

 some growers find Campbell the most 

 profitable, for it begins blooming 

 earlier in the fall and can be thrown 

 out by Easter to make way for bedding 

 stock. 



The supply of everything is large 

 for the season, but the unusually good 

 demand takes care of most everything, 

 and it would appear that the long 

 promised prosperity has at last 

 reached the florist. 



As regards supply for Easter, Wal- 

 ter Heffron, manager for E. C. Am- 

 ling, thinks it will be about right, with 

 probably les.s roses than at present 

 and more caniations, as the weather 

 we are now having is bringing out 

 roses faster than the carnations. 



Bassett & Wa.'ihburn say their roses 

 are just coming in crop again and they 

 expect to have a good supply for East- 

 er with rather a shortage of carna- 

 tions. They fear also a shortage of 

 lilies. Their trade during Lent has 

 been much the best in their whole bus- 

 iness experience. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. look for a good 

 supply in all lines and anticipate a rec- 

 ord breaking trade. They also report 

 the best business they ever knew dur- 

 ing Lent and find their March business 

 ahead of last year, even with Easter 

 out and still to come. Fine pansics 

 that went quickly last year move rath- 

 er slowly this spring. 



Peter Reinberg, Wietor Bros, and 

 the other large growers have all large- 

 ly increased their cut of roses. 



Varjouy Items. 



Weiland & Risch have their whole- 

 sale store at 59 Wabash avenue fitted 

 up and are about ready for business. 



S. S. Skidelsky, Philadelphia, is in 

 town. 



Beginning next Monday the price of 

 coal from the Illinois mines will be ad- 

 vanced 25 per cent. 



Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Bassett left last 

 Saturday for a ten days' sojourn at 

 West Baden, Ind. 



Mr. H. S, Harman, representing E. 

 H. Hunt, started last Monday on a 

 trip through western territory. This 

 house reports business first class in 

 every department. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. are receiving 

 out-door grown Trumpet Major nar- 

 cissu.s from southern Illinois. 



McKellar & Winterson are carrying 

 a very complete line of ribbons and 

 crepe paper for Easter demands and 

 are doing a heavy business in each of 

 their thousand and one departments. 



Bowling. 



In response to an invitation from 

 Prefidenc Hartshorne, of the Florists' 

 Club, the bowlers took the 6:30 Rock 

 Lsland train for .loliet last Saturday 

 evening to try their skill with that of 

 a team selected from among the at- 

 taches of the Chicago Carnation Com- 

 pany in a friendly bowling match. On 

 the way down Captain E. F. Winterson 

 purchased the dining car and present- 

 ed it and its contents to his fellow pil- 

 grims, and when Joliet was reached 

 there was little left except a few hot 

 boxes. The car was cut off the train 

 there and they were still enjoying the 

 remains when Mr. Hartshorne entered 

 and said: "Come on, boys; everything 

 in .Joliet is yours. See my star! Ev- 

 eryone that comes here don't have that 

 kind of a pass!" 



After lining up and calling the roll 

 the boys marched up the middle of the 

 street, sidewalks being too small for 

 the crowd, and found that Mr. Harts- 

 horne had rented a fine set of alleys 

 for the night. Here three hot games 

 were played, the Chicago team win- 

 ning out "by the skin of their feet," 

 for the C. C. Co. had a strong team, one 

 Savage member passing the 200 mark. 

 Following are the scores: 



CHICAGO FLORISTS' CLUB. 



K. F. Winterson 134 137 137 



Jno. Degnan 157 13S 157 



Geo. Stollery 116 12S 1S2 



F. Stollery 151 13« lii> 



W. Kreitling 160 129 151 



C. Hughes 106 142 14S 



CHICAGO CARNATION CO. 



Savage 16S 210 159 



H.art.«horne 136 127 165 



Tlmme 102 146 117 



Tlucke 124 111 97 



.Iack.«on 120 115 111 



McMahon 113 122 US 



After the games the Joliet boys took 

 the visitors to a lodge room that had 

 been prepared for the occasion with 

 plenty to eat and drink, and here the 

 time was pleasantly spent till train 

 time, splendid entertainment being 

 supplied by local musical talent. 



"Jackson's Dope" will be long carried 

 in the memory of the visitors, but in 

 memory only. Mr. Hartshorne sang 

 one of his fetching songs and Mr. 

 Baker brought melody from the piano. 

 "Walter Kreitling was in his prime 

 and his stories were sublime." And 

 Mr. Degnan's song, "General Jackson 

 Had an Army," was done to a turn. 

 Ed. Winterson did a double twist on 

 the sidewalk and nearly broke a slab. 

 In addition to tho.se who bowled the 

 party included L. H. Winterson and 

 Mr. Scott. 



At 5:30 a. m. the party took the 

 train for Chicago, after having voted 

 the Joliet boys a team of jolly good 

 fellows, and at 7 a. m. were home. 

 For what happened on the train ask 

 Walter Kreitling. 



BUFFALO. 



Chilly, blustering weather continues 

 throughout the month, but it is taper- 

 ing off slowly, and if surely we will be 

 satisfied. We will take anything we 

 get now, but oh! pray let it be warm 

 and balmy from the 10th to 16th of 

 April! 



Some sure signs of spring are notice- 

 able. The first robin was heard by 

 the writer on the 24th, hut that's not 

 infallible. Neither is the foreign and 

 domestic drummer in considerable 

 quantities, because both will survive a 

 severe chill or frost. The street piano 

 and hand organ is as sure a sign as 

 any and as I listen to a rather superior 

 article of the former grlnamg out the 

 overture to the opera of "Martha," or 

 "Mary Anne," from the seventh story 

 of the EUicott Square, with a bright, 

 clear sky and a lovely view of a very 

 miscellaneous wash from some pooi 

 tenements across the street, with the 

 long Niagara street leading out beyond 

 your vision and the help of steam heat 

 in your office, you can really believe 

 that spring is coming. 



Judging from the way flowers are 

 cleaned up at the wholesale mart of 

 W. F. Kasting, business generally must 

 be quite fair. Mr. K. receives daily 

 great quantities of carnations from 

 many surrounding points, but they are 

 all cleaned up by night. Violets are 

 sadly overdone. This enterprising 

 young man has put in a bid for the 

 shrubs, plants, bulbs, etc.. wanted by 

 the Pan-.\merlcan Company for the 

 embellishment of the grounds, and as 

 his offerings represent the very be.st 

 firms in the country, I hope he will be 

 successful. 



There Is beginning to be a lively In- 

 quiry for Easter plants, for there Is 

 no reason to doubt but what plants 

 will be the leading article at this great 

 flower festival, as it has increasingly 

 been for several years past. From 

 present reports lilies will be decidedly 

 scarce. The disease is to blame. There 

 will be a great quantity of Rambler 

 roses. The great majority of them are 

 very poor in quality. We hear that 

 witii many the most of the azaleas are 



